{"id":"AGY-ST-COURTS-041","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Delaware Judiciary (statewide)","state":"DE","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-COURTS","eco":"","issuer":"Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz (\u0027as administrative head of all state courts\u0027)","authority":"Del. Const. art. IV, § 13 (recited: \u0027administrative head of all state courts\u0027)","instrument":"Release: Delaware Courts to restore mask mandate on Monday, August 16, 2021 to combat the COVID-19 Delta variant; Chief Justice also orders mandatory weekly COVID testing for all unvaccinated court employees","title":"Release announcing universal masking in all State court facilities from Aug. 16, 2021 and weekly testing of unvaccinated judicial employees from Sept. 7, 2021","dateIssued":"2021-08-11","effective":"2021-08-16 (masks); 2021-09-07 (testing)","end":"120 days from Aug. 11, 2021 subject to review (per the order, Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-062)","startDate":"2021-08-16","endDate":"","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","VAX","CRT"],"addressees":["all visitors to State judicial facilities","all judicial branch employees"],"clause":"the Delaware Judicial Branch will be once again requiring masks at all State court facilities beginning on Monday, August 16, 2021. The administrative order signed today also mandates that beginning on September 7, 2021, any court employee who is not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 must undergo weekly COVID testing.... The mask order will apply to all visitors to state judicial facilities and all judicial branch employees.","enforcement":"n/a (release); the order is Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-062","functions":["CT courts and agencies (Q3 2021)","WF workforce (employee testing mandate)"],"notes":"Q3 2021 re-tightening by a State judiciary during the Delta wave, following the Governor\u0027s Aug. 10, 2021 announcement for State facilities.","sourceUrl":"https://courts.delaware.gov/forms/download.aspx?id=128138","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":148339,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-COURTS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-COURTS-041","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-COURTS-041","citation":"Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz (\u0027as administrative head of all state courts\u0027), Release: Delaware Courts to restore mask mandate on Monday, August 16, 2021 to combat the COVID-19 Delta variant; Chief Justice also orders mandatory weekly COVID testing for all unvaccinated court employees (Aug. 11, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-041)","stateName":"Delaware","related":["AGY-ST-COURTS-062"]}